Monday, May 20th, 2013

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Teacher charged with child sex offences

A teacher at a northern suburbs high school has been stood down and charged with child sex offences including indecently recording a child under his supervision.
May 20, 2013, 6:56 pm
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Friends struggle to cope with disappearance

Friends and family of a father missing off the coast of Coral Bay were this evening struggling to come to grips with their grief after authorities ended a five-day search.
May 20, 2013, 6:51 pm

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Witness heard crack, saw unconscious man

A teenager on a Saturday night out with his mates heard a "loud crack" before he noticed a man lying unconscious on the ground, the trial of a man accused of a one-punch assault in Northbridge has been told.
May 20, 2013, 6:05 pm
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Prison for paedophile in 'evil' sex ring

A former teacher will serve more than six years in prison for plotting to start a doll-making business in Thailand as a front for a sex ring involving fellow convicted paedophiles.
May 20, 2013, 3:15 pm

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Chopper crash call a hoax

Claims that a helicopter crashed near Gingin today are understood to have been a hoax.
May 20, 2013, 2:50 pm
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Drug row led to stabbing, court told

A man stabbed in the back and abandoned by a fellow drug user was without a pulse for 42 minutes before being revived in hospital, a Perth jury has been told.
May 20, 2013, 2:48 pm
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Two from WA Lotto winners

Two lucky West Australians are more than $600,000 richer after Saturday night's Lotto draw.
May 20, 2013, 2:22 pm
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Inquest into plane, chopper collision

Procedures of two government departments during a joint goat culling operation in the Gascoyne that resulted in the death of a pilot and his passenger are under the coronial microscope at an inquest.
May 20, 2013, 2:15 pm
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Boys missing from Wheatbelt town found

Update 3.45pm: Two boys who went missing in the Central Wheatbelt town of Kununoppin last night have been found.
May 20, 2013, 1:32 pm
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Concern for missing Jarrahdale man

Police are appealing for information about a 42-year-old man who has not been seen since Friday morning.
May 20, 2013, 12:52 pm

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Swan disappointed in WA's Gonski stance

Treasurer Wayne Swan has criticised the West Australian Government for not signing up to the Commonwealth's school education and disability care reforms.
May 20, 2013, 12:44 pm
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McKenna accused of preying on young girls

Wayne Leslie McKenna - the brother of convicted paedophile Dennis McKenna - has begun trial on allegations he also sexually molested boarders at a Katanning hostel the brothers worked at.
May 20, 2013, 12:37 pm

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EPA backs Pilbara port, algae farm

A planned multi-user iron ore port in the Pilbara region has been given the nod by the State's Environmental Protection Authority.
May 20, 2013, 11:51 am
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WA rates high for drug labs

An Australian Crime Commission report has revealed WA has the second highest rate of clandestine laboratory detections in Australia.
May 20, 2013, 10:44 am
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Skydiver critical after Pilbara crash

A 25-year-old man is fighting for his life after a skydiving accident in the Pilbara.
May 20, 2013, 10:33 am
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Drenching interrupts dry season

The dry season in northern WA was interrupted by heavy rainfall over the western Kimberley and eastern Pilbara overnight.
May 20, 2013, 10:07 am
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Rescue chopper sent to Wooroloo crash

Three people have been taken to hospital after a car crash on Great Eastern Highway in Wooroloo.
May 20, 2013, 9:13 am
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Police hunt jewellery thieves

Police are searching for thieves who stole jewellery from a Southern River store early this morning.
May 20, 2013, 8:58 am
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Ningaloo search called off amid sting claims

The search for a Canberra man has been called off five days after he disappeared and his wife died while swimming at a remote beach near Coral Bay.
May 20, 2013, 8:43 am
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Fault delays Perth train network

UPDATE 11am: Commuters faced long delays on Perth train lines this morning after a technical fault temporarily brought all trains to a halt.
May 20, 2013, 7:45 am
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